Pokémon, (an acronym for Pocket Monsters in Japan) is a Japanese media franchise taken care of by The Pokémon Business, a business started by Nintendo, Video Game Fanatic, and also Animals. The franchise was developed by Satoshi Tajiri in 1995, and is centered on fictional creatures called Pokémon. In Pokémon, human beings, called Pokémon Trainers, capture and also educate Pokémon to fight other Pokémon for sporting activity. All media functions within the franchise are embeded in the Pokémon universe. The English slogan for the franchise business is Got ta Catch 'Em All!. There are currently 900 Pokémon species.The franchise started as Pocket Monsters: Red and Environment-friendly (later launched outside of Japan as Pokémon Red and also Blue), a set of computer game for the original Video game Kid handheld system that were established by Video game Freak as well as published by Nintendo in February 1996. It quickly ended up being a media mix franchise adapted into various differe...